new applet and application utility class for platform information

diff --git a/src/jalview/util/Platform.java b/src/jalview/util/Platform.java
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+package jalview.util;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * System platform information used by Applet and Application\r
+ * @author Jim Procter\r
+ */\r
+public class Platform\r
+{\r
+  /**\r
+   * sorry folks - Macs really are different\r
+   * @return true if we do things in a special way.\r
+   */\r
+  public boolean isAMac()\r
+  {\r
+    return java.lang.System.getProperty("os.name").indexOf("Mac")>-1;\r
+    \r
+  }\r
+\r
+}\r